First Published in 1999. This is volume XVIII of 38 the international library of psychology, and is concerned with the person in psychology, a reality or abstraction. This book states a hypothesis about the nature of psychological enquiry and the proper field of psychology. Consequently, it takes issue with the major problems of methodology and theory in the various branches and schools of psychology, with many of which it stands at diameter and sword's point.

Auteur

Paul Wiliams

Résumé
First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Contenu

Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION; Chapter 2 FACT AND INTERPRETATION IN PSYCHOLOGY; Chapter 3 THE INSUFFICIENCY OF THE OBJECTIVE; Chapter 4 EMPIRICISM AND EXPERIENCE; Chapter 5 THE PERSON IN THE WORLD; Chapter 6 THE PERSON IN HISTORY; Chapter 7 THE PERSON AS CAUSE; Chapter 8 THE NATURE OF PSYCHOLOGICAL ENQUIRY; Chapter 9 SUBSTANTIAL ABSTRACTION IN METHODS OF ENQUIRY; Chapter 10 INSTRUMENTAL DEFINITION AND SYNTHETIC ABSTRACTION; Chapter 11 THE EXTENSION OF THE EVIDENCE; Chapter 12 THE NATURE OF LAW IN PSYCHOLOGY; Chapter 13 THE LIMITS OF LAW IN PSYCHOLOGY; Chapter 14 THE SOCIAL INVOLVEMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY; Chapter 15 CONCLUSION;